Dmitry Agalakov's new historical novel is dedicated to the most famous and brilliant queen of the Western European Middle Ages - Alienora of Aquitaine. This queen's whole life is one big adventure. Thanks to her ardent disposition and two marriages, she managed to provide heirs to both the French and English crowns. Her son was the legendary King of England, Richard the Lionheart, and her great-grandson was the most revered king of France, Louis the Saint. The novel covers the early and brightest period of Alienor's life, when she was the wife of King Louis the Seventh of France. It was this married couple who initiated the Second Crusade, in which Eleanor took part together with her husband. Political adventures, a visit by the crusaders to the capital of the world, Constantinople, a trip to the Holy Land beyond the Holy Sepulcher, battles with the Saracens and the most scandalous love affair that excited the Middle Ages, will reveal to the reader the image of the “Aquitaine lioness” against the backdrop of the great events of the 12th century, unfolding over a vast territory from England to Palestine.